Head of Ukrainian nuclear power plant ‘kidnapped by Russian forces’

The Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant and the Dnipro river (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP/PA)

Ukraine’s nuclear power provider has accused Russia of “kidnapping” the head of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, a facility now occupied by Russian troops.

Russian forces seized Ihor Murashov, director-general of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, at about 4pm on Friday, Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom said.